Cable-carrier apparatus.



G. A. AMSDEN. CABLE CARRIER APPARATUS. APPLICATION FILED 11ov.2s,1912.

1, 1 08,824. Patented Aug. 25, 1914.

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G. A. AMSDEN. CABLE CARRIER APPARATUS. APPLICATION YILED NOV. 23, 1M2.

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GEORGE A. AIVISDEN, OF LITTLETON, ll'IASSAOI-IUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO THE LAMSON COMPANY. (FORMERLY LAMSON CONSOLIDATED STORE S iii/VICE COMPANY.) OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF NEVJ JERSEY.

CABLE-CARRIER APPARATUS.

1,108,824. p cifi of Letters Htent- Patented Aug. 25, 1914-.

Application filed November 23, 1912. Serial No. 733,116.

To all 1071,0772, itmag concern: able C and adapted to prevent the lifting ie it known that I, Gnonen A. AMsDEN, of of the cable at hat point when a carrier is Littleton, in the county of MiddleseX and c ng despatched from the angular offset E, State of Massachusetts, have invented cer- The tracks B and B between brackets Y 5 tain new and useful Improvements in Cablend Z at J are Separated suliiciently to allow Carri er Apparatus, of which the following the carrier, when the same is switched at the is a Specification station to pass through between the said My invention relates to improvements in tracks. bl O y-pier apparatus d it bj t i to Located on the inner faces of brackets Z provide means for the despatch, transmisand Y at the receiving stations are graduated sion and receiving of carriers of the type slots S into which the switch or delivery shown d d ib d i my U it d St t tracks L and supporting or guide tracks O L tt P t t N 1 101518 a d parare secured by suitable pins 1. The switch ticularly to provide means for placing such racks N are composed of two strips held carriers into engagement with the driving slightly separated and mounted in slots S cable for despatching the same and to dison opposite sides of brackets Z and Y and connect the same from the cable for receivl'nounted at a pre-determined distance below ing said carriers. I tracks 13 and B, so that the guides or cars In the accompanying drawings is illus- T on a carrier intended for that station will trated a construction embodying my invenntcl between the strips of switch tracks N tion, in which, and be deflected from the tracks B and B.

Fi 1 i a l i f one f th ut The rods K and K secured to brackets Z or clerk'stations showing means for receivand Y are slightly flared and receive and i a d d t hi Carriers, Fi 2 i a hold the carrier steady, so that it will prop sectional view on line 22, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 rly enter switch tracks N. is a section on line 33, Fig. 1 and Fig. 4 p M and M are receiving tracks, the ends is a section on line 4l-4 Fig. 1 looking in secured and supported by bracket Y being the direction indicated by the arrow. Fig. 5 pointed and adapted to support the fiber i a id l ti f Fig. 1. showing a carplate U of the carrier when the same leaves rier being placed in engagement with the switch track N. These tracks M and M at drivi g cable for despatch. Figs. 6 and 7 he opposite ends are supported by bracket 35 are details of supporting brackets to be here- X (sce Fig. l), the end of track M being i fm d ib d, rigidly secured to said bracket while the end Like characters of reference refer to like of track M is secured to an arm X pivoted parts throughout the several views. at X and which is connected with the oppo- A and A represent the iii-going tracks to site side of bracket X by a suitable spring th i t ti d B d B r nt which acts to hold the ends of tracks M and out-going tracks from the main station. M together forming a spring braketo hold These tracks are held in alinement and posithe carrier thereon until removed by the tionally secured by brackets X, Y and Z. clerk.

C represents an endless driving cable the Guide tracks 0 are mounted in certain ingoing portion indicated by the arrow, and slots S and in position to engage the guides normally resting upon and supported by the or cars T of carriers not intended to deliver tracks A and A. The out-going or oppoat this station and to support the same while sitely moving portion of the cable asindipassing by openings J in tracks B and B cated by the arrow is supported by the tracks while the rods L and L serve to engage the B and B. The tracks A and A are desides of the fiber plate U on the carrier to pressed below the cable 0 at D between the steady the same until it picks up the tracks supporting brackets G and W, the track A B and B aga n. having an angular offset E therein suitable In despatching a carrier, such as is shown for the insertion of the carrier between the in my application filed simultaneously heretwo tracks. The bracket G, see Figs. 1 and with, from the clerks station to the cash- 6, supporting the tracks A. and A has iers or main station the clerk inserts the linger or guide H mounted directly over the carrier into the angular offset E andpushes the carrier up the incline of tracks A and A (see l and 5) until the clamp Q reaches the cable and engages the same causing the carrier to be transn'litted to the main. station. In the meantime the finger or guide H serves to hold the cable C while the clamp Q is engaging the same thereby assisting the engagement of the clamp with said cable. In fact the element H may properly be said to pry or wedge the cable into the clamp or grip of the carrier.

If a carrier is despatched from the cashiers station to the sub or clerhs station shown in Fig. 5, the carrier is transmitted by the out-going portion along tracks B and B until it arrives at the switch N. The car rier now enters the rods K and K which serves to steady the carrier while the guides or cars T of the carrier enter the switch tracks N causing the carrier to be deflected along said switch through opening J in tracks B and B at the same time pulling the clamp Q out of engagement with the cable G. The carrier now moves by momentum until it rides upon the tracks M and M and is stoppedthereon by action of the brake X and remains until the operator slides the carrier through between said tracks. It a carrier intended for another station arrives, the guides or ears T being located at a different graduation thereon it passes into the guide tracks 0 being supported by rods L and L until the carrier has passed the opening J and is again supported by the tracks B and B.

Having thus described the nature of my invention and set forth a construction embodying the same, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. In a cable carrier apparatus, a track or way, a cable for driving carriers along said track or way, a carrier having a grip adapted to engage said cable by being thrust thereagainst, means whereby carriers may be placed into cooperation with said track or way and into operative engagement with said cable, and means to resist lateral displacement o'l"v said cable at the point therein against which said grip is exerting a thrust action as said grip is being placed. in operative engagement with said cable.

2. In a cable carrier apparatus, a track or way, a cable for driving a carrier along said track or way, carriers adapted to travel on said track or way and having a grip for engaging said cable, means whereby said car rier may be placed into cooperation with said track or way, and means for tilting said grip of said carrier with respect to said cable when. said grip is being driven into engagement with said driving cable.

3. In a cable carrier apparatus, a track or way, a cable for driving a carrier along said track or way, carriers adapted to travel on said track or way and having a grip adapted to engage said cable by being thrust thereagainst, means whereby said carrier may be placed into cooperation with said track or way, means for tilting the grip of said carrier with respect to said cable when said grip is being thrust into engagement with said driving cable, and a support or guide adapted to resist the thrustagainst said cable when said grip is being engaged with said cable.

In a cable carrier apparatus, a track or way, a cable for driving a carrier along said track or way, carriers adapted to travel on said track or way and having a grip thereon for engaging said cable, said track having means whereby said carrier maybe inserted into cooperation therewith and also having a portion inclined to saidcable to guide said carrier with its grip theretoward, said grip being inclined with respect to said cable when being engaged therewith.

5. In a .cable carrier apparatus, a track or way, a. cable for driving carriers along said track or way, a carrier adapted to travel along said track or way and having a spring clamp adapted to yield to receive said cable when thrust into operative engagement therewith, means whereby when said cable is held against lateralmovement to resistsaid thrust, said carrier may be placed into co operation with said track or way and with said cable, and means for holding said cable against lateral movement to resist the thrust of said clamp when the latter is being engaged with said. cable.

6. Ina cable carrier apparatus, a track or way, a cable for driving carriers along said track or way, a carrier adapted to travelon said track or way, a grip located on said carrier and having two jaws adapted to grip said cable, means for placing said carrier into cooperation with said track or way, and means for pushing said cable between said jaws 'ttor operatively engaging the latter with said cable whereby the carrier is there after transmitted along said track or way.

7 In a cable carrier apparatus, a track or way, a cable for driving carriers along said track or way, a carrier'adapted to travel on said track or way and having a grip adapted to resiliently engage said cable, and means for diverting said carrier from said tracker way whereby said grip is pulled out of engagement with said cable, said grip yielding to the wedging action exerted thereagainst by said cable.

8. In a cable carrier apparatus, a track or way, having an opening located therein, a cable for driving carriers along said track or way, carriers adapted to travel on said track or way and having a resilient clamp adapted to engage said cable, a receiving track, and a switchfor pulling carriers out of co operation with said cable and diverting said 1 carriers through said opening on to receiving track, said resilient clamp being adapted to be WGLlg'GCl open by said cable when said switch guides the carrier away from said cable.

9. Cable carrier apparatus comprising a track a carrier to travel thereon, a cable to propel said carrier along said track, said carrier having a clamp adapted to operatively engage said cable when said cable is wedged thereinto, and means for wedging said cable into said clamp.

10. Cable carrier apparatus comprising a track, a carrier to t'avel thereon, a cable to propel said carrier along said track, said carrier having a clamp adapted to operatively engage said cable when said cable is wedged thereinto, and means to directly engage said cable and pry it into said clamp.

11. In a cable carrier apparatus, a track er way, a cable for driving carriers along sai dtrack or Way, a carrier having a grip adapted to engage said cable simply by being thrust thereagainst, means whereby carriers may be placed into cooperation with said tract: or way and into operative engage ment with said cable, and means to resist lateral displacement of said cable at the point therein against which said grip is exerting a thrust action as said grip is being placed in operative engagement with said cable.

In witness whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, this 17th day of Sept, 1912.

GEOR

E A. AMSDEN'.

Witnesses N. L. DoNAiiUn, M. G. MACMILLAN.

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